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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These schools do not have a big sports culture -

Northwestern
Vanderbilt
UCLA
Cal
Stanford
Duke
UNC

Rallying around one sport like Duke and UNC does not qualify as a big sports culture.  Northwestern and Vanderbilt are solely in their conferences so their commissioners can say they care are about academics.  The Pac-12 is the conference of champions of sports nobody cares about or actually watches.  Pac-12 has not been relevant in major sports in years. [/quote]

Most schools only rally around 1 sport. A few rally around 2. Even at great sports school, no one is tailgating a field hockey game. When people talk about sports culture, they are talking about football and basketball. [/quote]

OP here.  Yes, I agree.  Ususally there's a flagship sport like basketball or football.  Like Duke basketball, Michigan football etc.  In an ideal world, she definitely wants that, so recommendations of other (less obvious) schools that have a flagship sport like that would be great.

But beyond that, it's not even remotely about the football team's GPA.  (Good lord, people :roll: )

It's about the overall student body.  Our guess is that she'd be happiest at a school that attracts the scholar/athlete types ... the smart jocks ...  the kids who were high-calibur HS athlete types in their various sports but who chose the school for its academics rather than prioritizing a school where they could make the team.

So while they might not all over to the field to watch their D1 college lacrosse hockey or soccer team play on a random Tuesday, it's a place where tons of kids share that intense athletic orientation and might be playing high-level club lacrosse or soccer more than once a week.

Finally, we get that every school is diverse and has a mix of all types of students.  But on average, some schools have strong personalities cultures one way or another.  FWIW, I think she'd be the worst fit ever for an Oberlin/Wesleyan type school. Would she gret a great education there?  Absolutely.  Would she eventually find "her people"?  Yes, of course.  But she'd likely be swimming against the overall current, which is not what she wants to do.) 
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Sounds like my kid.  Recruited heavily for D3 and D2 schools but wanted a school that would offer a great education and the big sports and club options.  They chose UVA and compete at the club level against Duke, UNCCH, Clemson etc. and are getting great educational opportunities with a lot of high quality motivated classmates.  Also enjoyed FB, basketball and soccer seasons attending a lot of games. It's worth a look.[/quote]

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